Very Very Mini Unix Tutorial

`ls`	List current directory
`ls <dir>`	List contents of directory `<dir>`
`cd <dir>`	Go to directory `<dir>`
`cd`	Go to home directory
`pwd`	Print current directory
`mkdir <dir>`	Create directory `<dir>`
`cp <file> <dir>`	Copy file `<file>` to directory `<dir>`
`emacs21 &`	Run Emacs editor
`sml`	Run SML/NJ

There are a number of Unix tutorials for beginners online, for example this one (Google's first entry for "Unix tutorial").

Few things to know about Emacs

You can use the menus to do everything you need. Many common menus have shortcuts. For example, "Undo" is CTRL + "_" (control underscore), saving a file is CTRL + "x" "s" (control x s), and exiting Emacs is CTRL + "c" "c".

SML Starter

`use "<file>`";	Load file `<file>` into SML
`reset;`	Resets SML
CTRL + "D"	Exit SML

Read this tutorial for more.

Iliano Cervesato